Assessing urban air quality and its relation with radon (222Rn)

This paper focuses on the assessment of air quality and its relation with radon ( 222 Rn) for Bucharest metropolitan area in Romania. Specifically, daily mean concentrations of particle matter (PM2.5, PM10), ozone (O 3 ), nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ), sulphur dioxide (SO 2 ) and global air quality indic...

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Published inJournal of radioanalytical and nuclear chemistry Vol. 309; no. 2; pp. 909 - 922
Main Authors Zoran, Maria, Savastru, Dan, Dida, Adrian
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.08.2016
Springer
Subjects
Chemistry
Chemistry and Materials Science
Diagnostic Radiology
Hadrons
Heavy Ions
Inorganic Chemistry
Nuclear Chemistry
Nuclear Physics
Physical Chemistry
Radon
Nitrogen dioxide (NO
Bucharest
Ozone (O
Particle matter PM2.5 and PM10
)
Rn
Sulphur dioxide (SO
Global air quality index
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Summary:This paper focuses on the assessment of air quality and its relation with radon ( 222 Rn) for Bucharest metropolitan area in Romania. Specifically, daily mean concentrations of particle matter (PM2.5, PM10), ozone (O 3 ), nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ), sulphur dioxide (SO 2 ) and global air quality indices have been analyzed in relation with radon ( 222 Rn) concentrations measured in the air near the ground with AlphaGUARD Radon Monitoring System and CR-39 SSNTDs during 2012 year. Such new information is required by atmospheric sciences to prove suitability of 222 Rn as a tracer for atmospheric dynamics analysis as well as by epidemiological and radiological protection studies.
ISSN:0236-5731
1588-2780
DOI:10.1007/s10967-015-4681-5